Oklahoma elections: Pruitt gets Republican nod for Attorney General

Broken Arrow businessman Scott Pruitt, managing partner and co-owner of the Oklahoma City RedHawks baseball team, is the Republican nominee for state Attorney General.

Republican candidate for Attorney General Scott Pruitt (middle) jokes with his campaign consultants Laurie Spiez and Terry Allen during his watch party at the Cedar Ridge Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., on July 27,2010. JAMES GIBBARD/Tulsa World ORG XMIT: DTI1007272128492546

Pruitt led the Tuesday primary with 133,918 or 56 percent of the vote over Ryan Leonard's 105,179 or 44 percent with 2,243 of 2,244 precincts reporting, according to the state Election Board.

Leonard, a former senior aide to Republican U.S. Sen. Don Nickles, out spent his opponent raising $917,484 to Pruitt's $390,342. Pruitt said his campaign has spent all but $600.

"People are excited about this election cycle. They want to take ownership in the process and fight back against Washington," Pruitt said at a Tulsa watch party. "People are awakened to the fact their individual freedoms are at risk and they know the attorney general can do something about that."

Pruitt said an attorney general is needed who will "unapologetically push back and say not in Oklahoma," to some federal laws. Both Pruitt and Leonard opposed national health care reform and promised to fight the law.

"It's been a tremendously positive campaign. We've traveled miles and met thousands of wonderful people," Leonard said at his Oklahoma City watch party. "While we weren't successful in this election, I will continue to do everything I can to help and grow this state."